INI compression

Sat Mar 01, 2003 11:37 pm by DrJay211

Way to go HCI, but I have a problem. I changed some data in the market_ships.ini file to make the startracker available at level 1. When I load the game and try to buy the startracker it says i need to be level 4. I think the problem might be with the modified files names, but i renamed the files .ini so i dont know what the problem is. Please Help!

Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:31 pm by Octavious

Oh boy I'm going to sound like a complete dumbass. But here it goes. I got Windows XP, and all it shows on the decompressed files is goods.ini or whatever, not goods.ini.txt. How do I change the options so it shows the complete name of the file.

don;t laugh to hard.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 5:34 pm by Octavious

God damn I am a retarded mofo. I got it, thanks anyways though

Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:46 pm by nuce

HCl, great work!

Just asking are you planning to release the source code or
the decompression algorithm? I'd need a bit help with my
research of flserver statistics collection.

Edit : Spelling-master I am.

Edited by - nuce on 04-03-2003 21:49:11

Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:49 pm by HCl

Yes, both will be released very soon

Tue Mar 04, 2003 9:06 pm by nuce

Yes, both will be released very soon

And the news gets better and better!

Tue Mar 04, 2003 10:05 pm by AlphA

indeed the news does!

the game isnt even released yet (here) and already theres so many idea's for mods id be happy if even 10% ever is completed

('-')

Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:27 am by Stone-D

Re memory/money freezing.

Cash is 'stored' in three locations. 1 is your worth. Ignore it. 2 is the 'trade purse'. 3 is the 'real' value which is used for calculating 1 and 2.

To have a valid trade purse you have to change/freeze 2 and 3.

1 and 3 are dynamically allocated addresses.

2 is the same all the time, 00672... something.

Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:18 pm by HCl

Just letting the interested people know: i've uploaded here a small document describing the FreeLancer INI compression (uncompressed format is also mentioned, to keep things in context). Source code of my tiny uncompressor (bini.exe) is also included.

I hope it's useful,

Mario

Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:44 pm by ludder

i have a problem with bini.exe when i load a ini into the program and hit enter.. the program just shuts down! heeeelp me

Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:52 pm by Tachyon

You're supposed to drag the .ini into the icon for the decompressor, not type it in

Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:54 pm by ludder

i never said i typed it in

i draged it in and it just closes down

Fri Mar 07, 2003 6:56 pm by ludder

oh sorry now I understand! excuse me i have to go kick my own ass for not understanding that in the firstplace..

Mon Mar 10, 2003 11:32 pm by ardvarkdb

Mine also crashes when I hit enter...any update on the gui version and some instructions?

Tue Mar 11, 2003 12:49 am by HCl

If you don't like using bini.exe directly, you can always download BiniQDU, a GUI made in VB which uses bini.exe on the background. Both bini.exe and BiniQDU are present on the Editing Utilities section (here).

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